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Gelsenkirchen Sparkasse heist: Police analyze parking garage videos of masked thieves
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Videos from an adjacent parking garage show masked perpetrators and suspicious vehicles in the massive break-in at the Sparkasse branch in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, where thieves looted nearly all 3,250 safe deposit boxes. Loot may exceed 30 million euros; police follow tips as shocked customers seek compensation.
Emigration, immigration, and economic decline vie for dominance in the Ruhr region, which some call »structural change«. SPIEGEL TV sheds light on the growing impoverishment there and confronts those profiting from the hardship. The film »Brennpunkt Duisburg: Left behind and forgotten« by Thore Brüggemann depicts the harsh realities on the ground.